You can be seated at the witness table. I want to introduce mr. Mike bowen. Mr. Bowen is the executive vice ameritech,f prestige which is americas largest medical surgical mask maker. Your story is a very powerful one. To my colleagues, mr. Bowen has wins i think, really he an award for tenacity, because over three president ial administrations, he has been banging on the door warning, asking for, pointing out the america has a dangerous dependence on Foreign Countries for products that we need here at home. So this is very important testimony and we welcome you. We thank you for traveling to be with us today with all the extenuating circumstances to travel. We are very grateful to you. So you are not recognized for your statement now recognized for your statement. And then you will hear from the members. I am sure both your statement will provoke questions and that you will get good ones from both sides of the aisle. I should add something here, and that is, this issue of our terrible
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Doing it in a very cool, calm, way. Womanas a very thoughtful moment for the Antiwar Movement. You havent seen this, what is your impression, your first reaction . It is a very serious piece. They are both republicans and democrats, moderate and liberal. People who come to the conclusion that United States should not be fighting in this war. They are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. Creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Those are all very prominent. I knew them and work with them. They look much younger in these pictures. They are really earnest about what they are saying. They had to fight to get that Television Program in the first place. They made the most of it. Article one, section eight of the constitution reads as follows, Congress Shall have power to raise and support armies but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longerterm than two years. Our amendment to end the war fulfilled the obl
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